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Mayorkas Claims Illegal Border Crossings Are Down 65 Percent Due to New Biden Policies

The number of illegal crossings at the U.S. Southern border is down more than 60 percent owing to the Biden administration’s sweeping new immigration regulations, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Mr. Mayorkas made the comments in an interview at Aspen Security Forum in Colorado on July 20. The Homeland Security Secretary said officials have seen an…


Senate Votes Against Biden DHS Loosening Migrant Public Charge Standards

The Senate passed legislation on May 17 that could knock out the Biden administration’s new, looser rule for deciding whether migrants are likely to become public charges within America’s welfare state. Fifty lawmakers voted yea, while 47 voted nay. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was among those who backed it. The measure is a joint resolution…


Senate Votes Against Biden DHS Loosening Immigrant Public Charge Standards

The Senate approved legislation on May 17 that could nullify a loosened Biden administration rule for deciding whether immigrants to the United States are likely to become public charges. Fifty lawmakers, including two Democrats, voted “yea,” while 47 voted “nay.” The measure is a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress…


LIVE 7 AM ET: NTD Good Morning (May 15): Vice Media Files for Bankruptcy; Mayorkas Touts 50% Drop in Illegal Border Crossings Post-Title 42

Vice Media files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Find out what’s next for the media company that runs popular websites like Vice and Motherboard. An update on the situation at the U.S. – Mexico border.  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says illegal crossings are down 50% since the lifting of title 42. Others suggest its all smoke and mirrors. …


NTD Good Morning (May 15): Vice Media Files for Bankruptcy; Mayorkas Touts 50% Drop in Illegal Border Crossings Post-Title 42

Vice Media files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Find out what’s next for the media company that runs popular websites like Vice and Motherboard. An update on the situation at the U.S. – Mexico border.  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says illegal crossings are down 50% since the lifting of title 42. Others suggest its all smoke and mirrors. …


NTD Good Morning (May 15): Vice Media Files for Bankruptcy; Mayorkas Touts 50 Percent Drop in Illegal Border Crossings Post Title 42

Vice Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Find out what’s next for the media company that runs popular websites like Vice and Motherboard. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have been down 50 percent since the lifting of Title 42. Others suggest it’s all smoke and mirrors. Find out…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (March 29): Lawmakers Press Secretary Mayorkas on Border Crisis; WHO Scales Back Vaccine Recommendations

Fired-up lawmakers pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a Senate hearing yesterday. Republican senators questioned Mayorkas’ competence in handling the border crisis. The CDC now says it found concerning data on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine months earlier than previously known to the public. Meanwhile, the WHO declares that most people…


NTD News Today (March 29): Lawmakers Press Secretary Mayorkas on Border Crisis; WHO Scales Back Vaccine Recommendations

Fired-up lawmakers pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a Senate hearing yesterday. Republican senators questioned Mayorkas’ competence in handling the border crisis. The CDC now says it found concerning data on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine months earlier than previously known to the public. Meanwhile, the WHO declares that most people…


Republicans, Democrats Trade Barbs Over Border Field Hearing

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-La.), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, criticized the Democrats on the committee for boycotting a field hearing on the border in Pharr, Texas, on Wednesday. The highest-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), announced on Tuesday that the Democratic side of the committee would not…


US Border Crisis is National Security Crisis: Former ICE Chief Tom Homan

Tom Homan, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has criticized what he described as lax border security policies under the Biden administration, arguing that the surge in illegal immigration “is on purpose.” Homan, who served as head of ICE from 2017 to 2018, described the border crisis as one that amounted…